Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Since I'm in Boston for the week, I took a day to go check out Boston's own Open Bicycle. Every city has that one bike shop that you absolutely need to check out if you're in the region, and for Boston there is no doubt that Open is that shop. It has a boutique feel with a neighborhood shop sensibility, and the guys running the place have great ideas (like the promo vids they've been putting out) and even greater attitudes.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Possibly the most ingenius idea for a set of bar ends ever, hands down. Who hasn't, at some point in their bike riding life, jammed a nickel inside their grips to help them last longer? The nickels are even included!

I just found out today that Chicago's own Sean Callahan is no longer with us. Sean was originally supposed to have a part in the very first Bootleg Sessions vid. It didn't work out, as these things often don't for various reasons, but through the few communications I had with him I came to know him as a super nice guy.

Right now my thoughts are primarily with Kyle Kelley from Tracko. He and Sean had a ton of history and were great friends, so I know he's really feeling this right now. Hang in there, Kyle.

You can check out the profile page that we originally put together for Sean for the main Bootlegs site here.

This is a video that Sean was in way back in November of 2007. He's the one on the Bianchi.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

I've been doing some filming with Indy's own Zach Renner for BSv.4 over the past couple of weeks. Zach is damn solid on a fixed gear, and he also absolutely murders a skateboard. Here's some footy of him skating that I found on the 'Tube...

Friday, November 6, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

I met Gina from King Kog the last time I was in Brooklyn and discovered that we share a love of all things Kill Rock Stars. Gina plays drums in a band called either Ina! Ina! or Guts for Garters, and recently she did an interview for Tom Tom magazine...

The True 3/8" axles for our Fixed hubs will be available starting on Friday, November 6. They feature an oversized aluminum center female style axle, and your choice of CrMo or Titanium axle bolts. This axle was derived from the axle in our best selling BMX Mini hub, and should make our axles virtually indestructable. The conespacers are made from aluminum, with a knurled hardened steel washer pressed on to bite into your frame.

The True 3/8" axles fit into virtually every frame track end that I tried them on, from a Cinelli-Mash Vigorelli to a 1986 Peugeot PX-10. You might need to file your fork dropouts to fit the axle, particularly if you have a lighter fork, but they will fit a Volume, FBM, or Milwaukee fork with no modifications needed. It just depends on the fork- you need an axle slot of about 9.5mm to fit the True 3/8" axles. If you don't know what you're doing, don't file your own fork- take it to a bike shop who does know what they are doing. Trust me. Paying the bike shop 15 dollars is a lot cheaper than paying the hospital to rebuild your face because your dropout snapped off.

If you are doing any Fixed Gear Freestyle, these are the hubs for you. If you're a larger rider, or you ride like a larger rider, then these also for you. They are compatible with all Profile Fixed hubs, so you can retrofit them to your hubs if you already ride Profiles.

The original axles will still be available for the forseeable future. Pricing will be the same for both axle styles.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The band Jookabox, who provided the music for my part in BSv.1 and Dre's part in BSv.3, have just released their third studio album on the Joyful Noise Recordings label. Killer stuff as always, gotta love those infectiously dirty, heavy rhythms. Maybe show them a little love for being so willing to support the fixed gear set and grab "Dead Zone Boys" here.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Stopped by this event last night (it was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed a day due to rain)...

...and had a great time riding with everyone. Lots of the Indy locals are really coming up, hopefully we'll have a little edit from the event out in the next week or so. I also saw lots of these IN FX (Indiana Fixed) shirts floating around...